Tag Archives: Domestic Relations

Although a mother argues she has made improvements in conditions – unemployment, mental health issues, domestic violence – that led to removal of her five minor children from her custody, the Court of Appeals upholds an order terminating her parental ...

Although husband testified at trial that a parcel of property was inherited by his relatives and he did not realize wife’s name was on a loan and deed for the property, both parties also stated on the record that they ...

Although husband argues the trial court did not properly consider the parties’ current property interests, the court’s opinion shows the evidence was that neither party had accumulated much of an estate and both continued to have loans and debts, and ...

A father who filed a motion in Fairfax Circuit Court to modify a child support order entered in Fauquier County Circuit Court cannot overturn the Fairfax court’s order to dismiss his motion for lack of subject matter jurisdiction; the Court ...

The Court of Appeals affirms termination of a father’s parental rights to his child where the child was removed from the home after mother and father were arrested for manufacturing methamphetamine and possession of precursors to manufacture of the drug, ...

The Court of Appeals affirms termination of a mother’s parental rights to her child, as her only argument on appeal is a conclusory statement that the Department of Social Services “failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that terminations ...

The Court of Appeals affirms termination of appellant’s parental rights for a father who had a long history of substance abuse, had been incarcerated and was unable to maintain stable employment or housing. Appellant’s daughter entered foster care because her ...

Although appellant did not prove he is the biological father of a child, the mother is bound by her agreement acknowledging appellant’s paternity and describing him as the child’s natural father, for all intents and purposes; the Court of Appeals ...

A divorce court did not err in classifying as marital debt on wife’s business credit cards in her name only, but the court did err in classifying appreciation in husband’s separate brokerage account as marital property, based on wife’s evidence ...